Tales of The Symphonic Abyss: Dawn of The Second Descendent
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(Note: Story starts part way through the game's story. Main differences are Luke's attitude towards others (More understanding instead of snobbish). God-Generals are also more passive until they join the party.)
Chapter 1: The Five Year Plan Is Put In Motion!
Michael and Niko arrive at Kaitzur Port, where they find one of its ships destroyed.
Niko – "What happened here?"
One of the engineers ran up to Michael and Niko.
Liam – "Ah. Lord Michael. Lady Niko. May I ask why you two are out here?"
Michael – "Forgive us Liam. We're just here to help Guy get Luke back to Baticul. However, we saw the smoke pillar and were wondering what happened."
Liam – "Oh that. We were working on the ship that would take Master Luke and his group back to Baticul, when suddenly God-General Arietta attacked it and kidnapped our chief. Master Luke and his friends have already gone off to save him. So we're still fixing the ship in the meantime."
Niko – "Mind if we help then? That should make the repairs go by quicker."
Liam – "Not at all. We pretty much need all the help we can get right now."
Niko helped with putting the ship back together, while Michael assisted with bringing the pieces for that part of the ship over. Within an hour, the ship was fully restored. Once that was done, Michael and Niko spent the rest of their time waiting by meditating. They didn't have to wait long, as Luke and his group finally returned with the chief engineer in tow, along with being accompanied by Van and an unconscious Arietta.
Peter – "Chief! Thank goodness you're alright."
Zane – "All thanks to Master Luke and his friends."
Luke – "It was nothing Zane. Besides, we were just doing what we thought was right."
Zane – "Anyway, let's get working on that ship."
Barry – "Already taken care of chief."
Zane – "Already?!"
Peter – "Thank lady Niko and her friend Miguel. The two of them are the whole reason that the ship was completely rebuilt."
Zane – "Well in that case, thank you for your help Lady Niko."
Niko – "Miguel and I were happy to help."
The two of them also helped tend to Arietta's injuries.
Michael – "You okay there Arietta?"
Arietta – "I'm fine. No need to worry."
Niko – "You sure?"
Arietta – "Yep."
Michael – "How about this then?"
A few moments later, a large explosion was heard across the ship. Luke and Tear were the first ones to arrive on the scene.
Luke – "What happened here?"
Van, Jade, and the others arrived shortly afterwards. Everyone looked around the crime scene, trying to find what caused the explosion without tampering the evidence. Luke quickly found what looked like a body under some rubble. He then saw who the person was.
Luke – "Guys! Get over here!"
The person turned out to be Niko, who had taken a few serious injuries.
Luke – "Tear. Can you help me with her?"
Tear – "Sure."
Luke and Tear carried Niko out of the room.
Jade – "Guy. You, Anise, and Ion go help tend to Niko's injuries. Van and I will finish searching for what caused the explosion."
Guy – "Right."
After the hole in the ship was fixed and Niko's injuries were tended to, along with the fact that no evidence was found to determine what caused the explosion in the first place, they continued on their way to Chesedonia. Once they arrived, Van stated that he was gonna split off from the others for the time being.
Van – "And this is where I depart from you all."
Luke – "Gonna report that Arietta escaped with a hostage?"
Van – "Pretty much. And don't worry Niko, I'll make sure that Miguel is safe."
Niko – "Thanks Van. That means a lot."
Luke waited till they were out of complete earshot of Van before asking.
Luke – "Van won't keep his promise about keeping Michael "safe", will he?"
Niko – "Nope."
The others were surprised at the conversation between Niko and Luke.
Tear – "What do you two mean by that?"
Luke – "Michael has a bit of a plan in place involving most of the God-Generals, but I'll let him explain the bulk of it once we're back with him."
They then went to the Kimlascan embassy to see if they could get a ship to Baticul. The head of the embassy said that one wouldn't be ready for a while yet, so they decided to find a way to get the data off the fondisk they got from Choral Castle in the meantime. Ion decided to see if Astor, the head of Chesedonia's Merchant Guild, could help with getting the data off the fondisk. They made their way back to his manor, which was in the middle of the city. They walked inside, followed by being greeted by Astor himself.
Astor – "Hello Fon Master Ion, Lady Niko. Had I known that you two were coming, I would've thrown a party for you."
Niko – "Thank you Astor. But we're trying to keep a low profile here."
Astor – "I understand then. So what can I help you with then?"
Ion – "Can you get the data off this fondisk for us?"
Astor – "It just so happens that I have a machine that can do the job in no time."
Niko – "That's great!"
Astor called for one of his servants to come over.
Astor – "My servant here will take the disk and get the results off of it."
Guy handed the disk over.
Astor – "Make sure to give the results back to Guy afterwards."
The servant bowed and took the disk to get the data extracted. Astor then turned back to the others.
Astor – "It'll be awhile before the data is completely extracted. There's a room down the hall here that you all can wait in. oh, one more thing before I forget. Lady Niko?"
Niko – "Yes?"
Astor – "Two people are already in that room. They said that they're gonna wait for you there."
Niko ran towards the room. The others quickly followed her.
Luke – "Wait up Niko!"
Niko suddenly stopped in front of the door to the room. She then slowly opened it. A black-haired boy and pink-haired girl were sitting together on one of the room's couches. Niko ran over to them.
Niko – "Michael."
The two longtime friends embraced each other.
Michael – "Nice to see that you're alright."
Arietta – "The explosion didn't hurt you too much, did it?"
Niko – "A small bit. But I'm back to 100% thanks to Tear and Luke."
As if on cue, Luke and the others walked into the room.
Michael – "Thanks for watching over Niko guys."
Luke – "No problem. Anything for an old friend."
Guy – "I don't think that Chrome and Roku would've been very happy if something happened to Niko anyway."
Tear – "Who?"
Luke – "Chrome is Niko's grandfather, and Roku is Chrome's little brother."
Jade – "The two of them are also the Bradshaw family's oldest living members."
Michael – "They're both very loyal too. Not only that, but they also taught me martial arts as well."
Luke – "I always did wonder where you got the skills to teach me."
Michael – "Now you know."
Anise decided to ask the question that the others wanted to ask Michael.
Anise – "Quick question. Niko and Luke said something earlier about you having a plan for the God-Generals. What is it?"
Michael glared at the duo, who quickly sweat-faced from Michael's glare.
Guy – "Don't worry. The two of them said that you would be the one to give most of the details about your little plan anyway."
Michael quickly took his gaze off of Niko and Luke, who let out a giant sigh of relief.
Michael – "That's fine then."
Michael took a deep breath before he continued.
Michael – "There's one thing I want you guys to do for me before I start explaining the plan. This conversation doesn't leave this room under ANY means. And if you come across Van OR Mohs, you don't say anything about this plan to either of them, no matter how much they force you to. Arietta, Niko, and Luke have already sworn themselves to secrecy, now I want the rest of you to do the same. Do you all promise to keep this conversation between just those present in this room?"
Everyone – "Yes."
Michael – "Good. Now then, the plan is called "God-General Retrieval"."
